NCAA Moves 3 Pt. Line Back

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Two decades after college basketball addedthe three-point line, the N-C-A-A men's rules committee hasapproved a measure that will move the line back one foot from itscurrent distance of 19 feet, nine inches. If approved by theplaying rules oversight committee on May 25th, it would mark thefirst major change to three-pointers since their adoption. But the change to 20 feet, nine inches would not take placeuntil November 2008. The rules committee chairman says two proposals were considered.The other would have moved the line to 20 feet, six inches. That'sthe same distance as international three-pointers. Both are shorterthan the N-B-A line, which ranges from 23 feet, nine inches at thetop of the key to 22 feet at its nearest point in the baselinecorners. The women's basketball rules committee did not adopt the changeand will keep the three-point line at 19 feet, nine inches.

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